A youngish man with flaxen hair, a bristly straw-coloured moustache, and a
dropping nether lip, was sitting and holding my wrist.
We knew she carried fourteen boats to our five (we were one short through the desertion of Wainwright), and she began
dropping them far to leeward of our last boat, continued
dropping them athwart our course, and finished
dropping them far to windward of our first weather boat.
When the sun was
dropping low, Antonia came up the big south draw with her team.
The first is to burn soldiers in their camp; the second is to burn stores; the third is to burn baggage trains; the fourth is to burn arsenals and magazines; the fifth is to hurl
dropping fire amongst the enemy.
"The man who talks French so well," Lady Anselman told him,
dropping her voice a little, "is Surgeon-Major Thomson.
Dropping the handkerchief upon the dead man's neck the coroner stepped to an angle of the room and from a pile of clothing produced one garment after another, each of which he held up a moment for inspection.
She appeared to be dazzled by the sudden blaze of light, and after
dropping a curtsey, she stood blinking at us with her bleared eyes and fumbling in her pocket with nervous, shaky fingers.
Venus explained under what conditions, and with what views, the
dropping down upon Mr Boffin was held over until the Mounds should be cleared away.
As these ruffians turned and turned, their matted locks now flung forward over their eyes, now flung backward over their necks, some women held wine to their mouths that they might drink; and what with
dropping blood, and what with
dropping wine, and what with the stream of sparks struck out of the stone, all their wicked atmosphere seemed gore and fire.
The men, halted, had opportunity to see some of their comrades
dropping with moans and shrieks.
She saw him
dropping his keys and trying to grasp his stick, while he looked at her like an aged hyena, the muscles of his face getting distorted with the effort of his hand.
A single mighty leap carried it to the top, where it poised but for an instant before
dropping to the ground upon the opposite side.